Considering the steady ascendence of so many artists from California since the turn of the 21st century, it may come as a surprise that comprehensive scholarly treatment of California’s art history ...

If California were a country, its gross domestic product would rank fifth in the world, behind only the United States, China, Japan and Germany. As a mere state, its impact — cultural, political, ...

Where the U.S. Federal Courthouse stands now in Los Angeles was once the site of a market where Native Americans' labor was sold in a system the ACLU has called “slavery by another name.” (Photo by ...

We humans, if we are to live intentional and thoughtful lives, almost always return to a series of timeless questions: Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? To answer those questions ...

As Michael Hiltzik considered writing a new chronicle of California, he examined the region’s past five centuries in search of a fresh perspective. “I pitched it as a look at what California had ...

MICHELLE DAPPER LOOKS BACK AT THE BIG GAMES IN CALIFORNIA. WELL, CALIFORNIA HAS A LONG HISTORY OF HOSTING THE SUPER BOWL. IN FACT, TODAY'S BIG GAME IS THE 14TH TIME CALIFORNIA HAS HOSTED A SUPER BOWL.

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When California took its first breath of statehood in 1850, the fledgling state had to quickly find a way to support itself, and myriad new taxes were instituted. In 1850, there was no federal income ...